Ad-ing interactive polish and design flair has been the traditional approach at Ad2 for over 20 years. A gliding geometric portfolio format accented with pastels and soft glossy fades make for an ethereal experience. Case studies are solidly thorough and informative, with vivid images capturing the diverse range of clientele. AD2 equals an easy choice and simple solution.... More

Elro provides cutting edge media content, from the simplest Flash animation to Jurassic Park-style dinosaurs. Well, maybe not that cutting edge -- but Elro's site does emphasize their 360ok design department, which provides 3D models for pretty much any sort of application your heart may desire. Want an interactive automobile model in three dimensions to grace your homepage? They can probably provide it. Want as awesome Flash-based movie promoting Legos? You're in luck, because they've already provided it. It's called Brickolizer, and it's the bees knees -- check it out, along with the rest of their swell portfolio.... More

A good small-to-mid sized design firm, Texture Media's case studies show a thorough understanding of identity and all it entails... while direct mail, CD-ROM, interactive communications and custom applications compliment the online presence of clients. The graphic design elements are solid and the communication bases are well covered. Mainly building brands for Colorado-based business and ski-slopes... ah, the snow bum life!... More

Design, communications and web marketing all wrapped up in Color Theory 101. A fun site, chock full of information and examples, although the portfolio display doesnít provide a particularly good view of their most prized branding, marketing and interface design projects - and shoots the color theory lesson in the kneecap. All in all, they take care of business with a web presence thatís fun Ė excuse the portfolio section with a menu thatís as awkward as a junior high dance. Apparently bright and seemingly competent with a heavy accent on jovial Ďad maní banter.... More

Labwerks operates on the "lean and mean" principle, and if they claim they can craft an engaging interactive annual report, well, we believe them (mostly). Their online presentation is neat and workable, and their portfolio covers a solid range, from the Pittsburgh Zoo site to the American Eagle Outfitters web zine and Bayer Corporation's healthcare CD-ROM.... More

Saltmine's portfolio comes mostly in the form of PDF files, which makes viewing their full glory a tad more difficult. The site itself is fundamentally user-friendly and orchestrated in a polite sort of way, but with such clients as the Ad Club Seattle and the Seattle Coffee Company, we wish we could see more of the beef. Overall, a very technology-driven firm specializing in CMS, e-commerce and also technical staffing.... More

There are sharks and fishies swimming around this home page, because "by land or by sea, airship or spaceship", (and you can choose one of these as your backdrop) the crew of Power Design are "idea pioneers!" Yes, there is that certain fun quality about this company and its design style that indicates a proliferation of entertaintment industry clients. Even their Delaware County SPCA web site has that certain showbiz flavor, although they do (indeed, must) sober up for the American Anti-Vivisection Society. Overall, the out-dated site is a hinderance to viewing the full scope of their projects.... More

The design style tends towards the classy and the crisp, the services recently trimmed down to focus solely on search engine optimization and web design/development. MWI, sprung from the loins of Provo, Utah and expanding outward to the Silicon Valley area, delivers workable, functional products, adding in those arty photographs when they can.... More

With a range of projects and clients under their belt, from art schools to business aviation services, Fast Spot's design capabilities run the gamut. Recently, Fast Spot has continued on improving, shedding some of their motion design and CD-Rom work, and cultivating a clean and minimal style for web sites. As of 2007, they have created a pair of nice-looking sites for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum  a testament to a design firm finding its own path and continuing to grow.... More

Evolve is your basic, get-the-job-done-and-do-it-right kind of design firm. Their work is competent, straightforward, and gussied up in the right places with dabs of movement and color. It will not blow your socks off but it could certainly succeed in making you buy things.... More

Their online portfolio presentation is super-saturated with dizzying, high altitude images, and the best corporate product jargon money can conjure. This is high-powered design service for the high-powered. Blast Radius has also developed two "groundbreaking" technologiesXMetal, a family of products for collaborative content authoring, and Critique, a document reviewing application.... More

Dotology created one of the most successful pay-per-view events in Playboy New Media's history. Lest you fear you are too clad to be on their list, note this: they've also done web work for architecture firms and The Animal Legal Defense Fund. This is sparkling clean design with strong, gripping images. Just like Playboy specializes in. Only, um, different.... More

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usa based firms is...

A hand-picked listing of great web design firms and companies predominantly working for screen and online. Restricted to web design firms located in the United States (see 'International Firms' for global listings).